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Table 1 Trend of road injury mortality all ages in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) by country and income level compared to globally by income level

From: Ecological study of road traffic injuries in the eastern Mediterranean region: country economic level, road user category and gender perspectives

  

Average road injury mortaliy rate per 100,000 (Min-Max)

Income level

Country

1995

(Min-Max)

2005

(Min-Max)

2015

(Min-Max)

 Low income

Low income countries

21.2

(17.3–25.7)

19.2

(15.9–22.9)

17.2

(14.2–20.8)

 

Low income - EMR

42.4

(24.1–66.3)

40.9

(25.6–61.7)

38.5

(24.6–59.0)

 

Afghanistan

54.0

(38.5–71.3)

54.6

(42.7–70)

49.9

(37.7–65.9)

 

Djibouti

18.4

(10.9–31.3)

18.4

(9.4–33.4)

18.7

(9.3–36.5)

 

Somalia

20.7

(8.1–42.4)

17.6

(6.8–38.4)

17.8

(6.9–39.9)

 

Yemen

40.3

(21.1–63.9)

35.0

(20–55.7)

33.6

(20.4–53.7)

 Middle income

Middle income countries

22.5

(20.6–25.0)

22.9

(21.0–25.0)

20.1

(18.3–22.3)

 

Middle income - EMR

22.2

(16.2–30.4)

25.0

(18.4–33.6)

22.1

(15.7–31.1)

 

Egypt

13.4

(12.3–14.6)

13.5

(12.7–14.3)

13.3

(12.2–14.4)

 

Iraq

23.0

(18.3–28.4)

21.4

(16.8–27)

18.6

(13.8–24.7)

 

Iran

36.9

(31.6–44.3)

50.7

(42.2–62)

39.0

(30.9–49.5)

 

Jordan

20.0

(16–24.5)

14.4

(13.1–16.1)

12.8

(11.1–14.7)

 

Lebanon

12.4

(9.6–15.6)

9.1

(6.5–13.2)

8.0

(5.4–12.1)

 

Libya

21.4

(17.5–25.5)

22.6

(18.8–25.6)

21.2

(17.6–25.7)

 

Morocco

22.6

(18.4–27.3)

18.7

(15.4–23.5)

18.5

(13.9–24.6)

 

Palestine

13.3

(10.8–16.2)

11.7

(10.3–13.2)

12.1

(9.4–15.6)

 

Pakistan

16.7

(13.3–22.1)

20.8

(16.8–27.3)

20.4

(15.8–27.4)

 

Sudan

41.5

(25.3–63.4)

37.6

(24.3–55.4)

34.0

(22.6–50)

 

Syria

13.8

(10.6–16.8)

11.8

(9.2–13.2)

10.8

(8.7–12.6)

 

Tunisia

22.3

(19.2–25.7)

20.2

(16.8–23.7)

17.9

(14.2–22.7)

 High income

High income countries

16.0

(15.5–16.4)

12.3

(11.9–12.5)

9.7

(10.1–9.4)

 

High income - EMR

32.4

(26.0–39.6)

28.1

(23.5–33.1)

23.8

(16.9–25.4)

 

Bahrain

19.8

(17.0–23.0)

15.9

(13.7–19.1)

11.1

(8.9–14.1)

 

Kuwait

21.8

(20.8–22.9)

19.1

(18.2–20)

11.9

(10–14.5)

 

Oman

52.7

(40.2–66.3)

40.8

(36.4–45.9)

40.5

(33.3–49.6)

 

Qatar

44.8

(38.1–52.6)

40.9

(34.8–47.2)

28.4

(21.6–36.2)

 

Saudi Arabia

29.9

(25.2–33.3)

26.4

(23.7–28.5)

23.6

(20.3–26.9)

 

United Arab Emirates

40.1

(31.3–49.7)

34.6

(28.6–40)

35.2

(24.3–46.9)

Global average

 

21.5

(20.9–22.4)

21.0

(20.5–21.7)

18.4

(17.9–19.1)

EMR average

 

24.6

(17.4–34.1)

26.7

(19.4–36.2)

23.9

(16.7–33.5)